90% Amnesia
Stephen Green asserts that to find a president criticizing the Supreme Court you have to go back to Old Hickory. (And his quote is actually apocryphal, although since it’s “fake but true” I’ll give him a pass.) But, of course, there are many more recent examples, some least of which come from Saint Reagan. And Roe was joined by the extra-unassailable Chief Justice — heavens to betsy! The other obvious problem is that Obama never said he wouldn’t comply with the Court’s ruling, making the analogy with Jackson null.
The remainder of his argument he delegates to Glenn Reynolds, who claims that responding to Roberts’s whining is bad politics for Obama while failing to mention that the Court’s decision is extremely unpopular. Unlike Reynolds, Obama knows exactly what he’s doing here.
I believe that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is only infallible when speaking ex cathedra on matters of Constitutional dogma.
(You change blogging platforms but keep the same crappy comment engine? What gives?)
You would think that political reporters today grew up in a world where the phrase “Warren Court” was meant as insult but apparently they lived in an entirely different reality.
Impeach Earl Warren!
IIRC, Lincoln spent a good chunk of his first Inaugural criticizing Dred Scott and its fallout, with Justice Taney, who had just sworn him in, sitting right there.
If Robert doesn’t have the judicial temperment to keep his mouth shut on political matters, he shouldn’t be in his position. It casts doubt on his ability to be reasonable and fair when administration arguments are presented.
In otherwords, impeachment should be an option.
FDR spent a whole state of the union bitching about the Schlecter Poultry decision, but he didn’t say the words, “Supreme Court” directly, so that doesn’t count, according to whatever arcane rules the other side is playing by.
The remainder of his argument he delegates to Glenn Reynolds…
Which is usually about when the wheels come off and the car goes flying off the cliff. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence…